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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the couple stay in "First Night"?

2. What did Geren invite the narrator to do in "Sock It To Me"?

3. What does the narrator leave on her "boyfriend's" car window in "The Seduction"?

4. In "The Godfather" how do Norman and the narrator feel after being intimate?

5. What does the narrator explore after she cannot go to sleep in "The Diary"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the pulled over couple tell the police officer they were doing in "The Interstate"?

2. Describe the narrator's alter ego in "Nervous".

3. What happens in "Animal Farm"?

4. In "The Seduction" where does the narrator seduce her boyfriend into going and how?

5. Describe what happens to Mira before she marries her husband in "The Bachelorette Party".

6. In "A Time For Change" what is Bridget upset with her husband Drake about?

7. How does "Be My Valentine" end?

8. What is the result of the piano player and the narrator's night alone in "Harlem Blues"?

9. Describe the narrator and Norman's relationship in "The Godfather".

10. What is Amber's living situation in "Wrong Number"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Zane foreshadows many of the events that occur in her stories by analyzing "The Godfather", "Flash Fantasy" and "My Knight In Shining Armor".

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss "The Diary" and what Zane is suggesting about time and age in relationship to love and intimacy.

Essay Topic 3

Thinking of "Sex Me Down Village" analyze and explain how sex can be seen as a way to escape from personal pain or suffering.

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